[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: [Space] Fwd: [SALT] Starships coming next TUESDAY Sept. 17 (for forwarding)

[giovanni_re]

When you go to this talk, you will miss the NB weekly meeting.
But, that is OK.
missing one nb meeting is small.
AND SPACE IS BIG.

:)



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From: "giovanni_re" <john_re at fastmail.us>
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Subject: [Space] Fwd: [SALT] Starships coming next TUESDAY Sept. 17 (for
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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:49:01 -0700

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From: Stewart Brand <sb at longnow.org>
To: SALT list <salt at list.longnow.org>
Subject: [SALT] Starships coming next TUESDAY Sept. 17 (for forwarding)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:43:28 -0700

Our Solar System is measured in light minutes.  The nearest stars are
light years away.  Is that appalling distance humanity’s prison wall
forever?

“The 100-year Starship” is the name of a now-culminating project that
mustered a handful of scientists and science fiction writers to
contemplate how Earthlings might, over the coming century, realistically
develop the ability to escape our Solar System and travel the light
years to others.

Participants included scientists such as Freeman Dyson and Martin Rees
and writers such as Gregory Benford and Neal Stephenson. The
professional futurist in the group was Peter Schwartz, who contributed
scenarios playing out four futures of starship ambitions. To his
surprise, exploring the scenarios suggested that getting effective star
travel over the coming century or two is not a long shot. Even by widely
divergent paths, it looks like a near certainty.

Schwartz’s talk will report on the exciting work by the 19 participants
and spell out the logics of his scenarios. The new book from the
project, Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon, will be
available at the event.

"The Starships ARE Coming," Peter Schwartz, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley,
San Francisco, 7pm, Tuesday, September 17.  The show starts promptly at
7:30pm.

To be sure of a seat:
• Long Now Members can use the discount code on the Schwartz Seminar
page to reserve 2 free seats.
• You can purchase tickets for $15 each.
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Share this talk: Peter Schwartz, "The Starships ARE Coming" Long Now
talk on 9/17 http://goo.gl/sE2a4Q 

Talks coming up:
Oct. 15 (Tue.) - Adam Steltzner, "Beyond Mars, Earth"
Nov. 18 (Mon.) - Richard Kurin, "American History in 101 Objects"
Dec. 17 (Tue.) - Rick Prelinger, Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 8

High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority
tickets) are available to Long now members.  Membership, which starts at
$8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now
projects.  Joinable here.

This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking
(SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation.  Free audio and my
summaries of all previous talks are available for download here (or stay
up to date with the podcast here).  You'll find a range of long-term
thinking items on our Blog (RSS).  If you would like to be notified by
email (like this one) of forthcoming talks, go here to sign up online. 
Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now -- 415-561-6582 x1
or danielle at longnow.org.

You are welcome to forward this notice to anyone you think might be
interested.

 --Stewart Brand (sb at longnow.org)

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